Human Rights Council

UN rights chief says Taliban decree expands executions, deepens repression

The Taliban has restricted women's movements and barred girls from education beyond primary school since coming to power in 2021, via a series of morality laws limiting expression and employment.

An Afghan Taliban fighter sits on a tank near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Spin Boldak, Kandahar Province, following exchanges of fire between Pakistani and Afghan forces
Jeffrey Epstein is seen in this image released by the Department of Justice in Washington, DC, US, on December 19, 2025 as part of a new trove of documents from its investigations into the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Allegations in Epstein files may amount to 'crimes against humanity,' UN experts say

United Nations Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese listens during a conference on "A Cartography of Genocide: Israel's Conduct in Gaza since October 2023", an investigative project on Israeli-Palestinian conflict, at the Roma Tre University, in Rome, Italy, October 6, 2025.

European countries slam Francesca Albanese, France demands resignation from UN Human Rights Council

A protester waves the pre-Islamic Revolution Iranian flag outside UN headquarters during a United Nations Security Council meeting on Iran in New York on January 15, 2026.

'Nuremberg moment': UN Human Rights Council adopts motion for probe into Iran protest violence


Pressure grows on UN investigator to resign after Jewish Lobby remark

“it remains the sole decision of a member of the COI to step down from their position as they are independent experts,” UNHRC spokesman said.

 Former UN human rights chief and lead of a international commission of inquiry into alleged crimes committed during the latest conflict between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas in Gaza, Navi Pillay arrives to deliver her report on the opening day of the 50th UNHRC session, June 13, 2022.

Israel demands UN disband Gaza war panel over alleged antisemitism

Prime Minister Yair Lapid cited comments by the UNHRC commission of inquiry member Miloon Kothari as an example of the commission's antisemitism.

 A general view of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, June 13, 2022.

Yair Lapid: UN must disband antisemitic inquiry on Israel

All three COI members made public statements accusing Israel of apartheid and war crimes before the commission was formed, as such it was accused of bias from the start.

 Miloon Kothari, the man with a microphone, the first Special Rapporteur on adequate housing for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, addressing a conference in Spain

Israeli NGO, families of terror victims urge US to pull out of UNHRC

The letter calls on the US to fulfill its pledge of combating the UNHRC's anti-Israeli bias • Letter follows the publication of the Commission of Inquiry that criticized Israel

 Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room of the Palace of Nations, Geneva (Switzerland). It is the meeting room of the United Nations Human Rights Council.

Israel signs statement against China's treatment of Uighurs at UNHRC

This is the second year in a row that Israeli has signed onto such a statement.

 An ethnic Uyghur woman holds an East Turkestan flag and a placard that reads, "Genocide is undisguisable, can't be erased from history" during a protest against China near the Chinese Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, May 26, 2022.

US slammed for building 22-member bloc against UNHRC probe on Israel

"The US should not be a member of this Council and we call on the UN General Assembly to suspend its membership," PLO Ambassador Khraishi said.

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Navi Pillay’s revitalized anti-Israel career - opinion

The Pillay-headed trio, like the UNHRC as a whole, has no interest in facts, however. It is solely focused on “fact-finding” for dirt with which to demonize Israel.

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay.

IDF reservists dress up as Hamas terrorists to protest UNHRC probe

Several dozen IDF reservists gathered outside the UN office in Geneva dressed as ski-masked Hamas terrorists waving Palestinian flags.

 Shurat Hadin demonstration in Geneva

UN votes to suspend Russia from Human Rights Council over Ukraine

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid: "The vote today does not change our position on the UN Human Rights Council."

 A screen with the result of a vote is pictured during the special session on the situation in Ukraine of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 4, 2022.

US, Europe plan further Russia sanctions as Ukraine civilian death toll mounts

US, Germany and France promised new sanctions against Russia as images of war crimes in Bucha, Ukraine drew international outcry.

 A soldier takes a photograph of his comrade as he poses beside a destroyed Russian tank and armoured vehicles, amid Russia's invasion on Ukraine, in Bucha, in Kyiv region